Improvement in pockets for wearing apparel



R. GIBB ONS.

POCKETS FOR WEARING APPAREL.

Patented June 6; 1876.

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U vrrnn STATES RODMOND GIBBONS, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN POCKETS FOR WEARING APPAREL.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 175,428, dated J une 6,1876; application filed May 25, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RonMoNn GIBBONs, of the city of San Francisco, inthe State of (Jalifornia, have invented a, new and useful Improvement inthe Pockets of Wearing-Apparel, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forminga part'hereof.

I My invention consists of making a pocket for and in wearing-apparel,the opening of which pocket is without corners, curved upward to theperpendicular at both sides thereof, and stitched longitudinally in thedirection of the strain to which said pocket is subjected in common use.a

The objects of this invention are to avoid the transverse strain uponthe stitching which should support a pocket; to dispensewithcross-tacks, corner-patches, gussets, and metallic fastenings aspocket-supporters; and to secure strength and durability in pockets by aneat, simple, and cheap device.

The said improvement is applicable to and in the pockets of all articlesof suitable wearing-apparel, and admits, without change in the nature ofmy invention, of various shapes and fashionings of pocket-openings.

To enable persons skilled in the art of manufacturing wearing-apparel toutilize the invention, I describe the .same as follows, referring to theannexed drawing.

Figures 1 to 7 represent various forms of. said improvement, and themodes of constructing the same.

In Fig. 1, a represents an outside pocket, and b an inside pocket,particularly adaptable to overalls, the dots in said figure indicatingstitching. In Fig. 2 the manner of forming the outside or hip pocket 'isshown. The outside shape of the piece forming said pocket is seen at c cc 0 0 0. By d is represented a smaller piece, laid face to face upon theother, the form of the pocket-opening having been marked upon it, as perdotted line.

The two pieces are then stitched, as per said dotted line, and boththicknesses of stuff out out, as per solid line 0 e 0, say, a quarterof-an inch from the seam. The piece (1 is "then turned over and inwardclose upon said seam forming the rim of the pocket-opening, which isthen stitched, as shown in Fig. 1. The

outer edges 0 c 0 c c c are then turned under, and the pocket is sewedupon the garment, as also shown in Fig. 1 by a. r

Fig. 3 shows the detail of front pocket I)- in Fig.1. Byffff isrepresented a section of the right-side front fof the overall-pattern,as shown in Fig. 1. A piece of cloth, g g h h, is laid face to face uponthe other, as in Fig. 2, except that the top edges of the two piecesshould be even, the pattern of the pocket, indicated by the dottedlines, having been previously marked upon it, as in the other case. Thesewing is then done as per said dotted line, the stuff out out asbefore, the piece turned over and inward close upon the seam, and therim stitched, as shown in Fig. l. The piece 9 g h h is then folded at i,so that the edge h It shall be made to coincide with the edge 9 g, thefold thus forming the back face of pocket I), as shown in Fig. 1. Thereare two or more thicknesses of material brought together at g g, and inconstructing the garment they are caught in the side seam it it as fardown as Z, from about which point the pocket is allowed to hang, asshown by the broken and dotted line marked m. A perpendicular line orlines of stitching are made downward to a, Fig. 1. v

Figs. 4, 5, 6, and 7 are modifications in the shape of the pockets, theconstruction being substantially the same as that hereinbeforedescribed. Figs. 5 and 6 show side pockets suited to coats, 850., thesolid lines in Fig. 5 showing the cut in the cloth, and the dotted linesthe pattern of the pocket-opening, and the first scam in the facing, asin the other cases. Fig. 6 shows the stitching of the finishedpocket-opening, (shown incomplete in Fig. 5,) which may be made withor-without lappet.

The greatest strain and wear and tear upon a pocket-opening are uponthat side thereof upon which the hand bears the hardest when enteringthe pocket. Therefore, the purposes of this invention may be partiallyfulfilled by curving that side alone of the pocket-opening, as shown inFig. 7 but I prefer to curve both sides, as hereinbefore described. Thewaistband, as seen in Fig. 1, overlaps, and the buttons are incidentallymade additional supports to the pockets.

I am aware that the so-oalled crescentshaped pocket, in common use, isoften made to curve upward at the sides of the opening; bnt such pocketopenings are invariably made dependent for support upon cross-tacks,patches, or gussets; and there is always a transverse strain upon thestitching that supports said pocket, all of which appliances areobviated by this invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and wish to secureby Letters Patent of the United States, is-

l. In combination with pantaloons or other articles of wearing apparel,a pocket, the sides of whose opening are curved upward to theperpendicular, and stitched to the pocket and garment in parallelperpendicular lines extending above and below the mouth of thepocket-opening, whereby the strain to which both the pocket-opening andpocket are subjected in common use is resisted by vertical stitching,substantially as herein described.

2. In combination with a pocket, the sides of which curve to theperpendicular, a line or lines of stitching, coinciding and parallelwith said sides of the pocket-pattern, and intersecting the upperextremity of the curve of the pocket-rim, substantially as and for thepurposes herein specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereto subscribed my name this -22d day ofMay, in the year of our Lord 1876.

BODMOND GIBBONS.

Witnesses:

WM. T. HOWARD, H. A. DANIELS.

